Criteria
Determined Admissions Arrangements
Christ’s School has 150 Year 7 places which will be offered according to the criteria below.
Priority will be given to:
1. Looked after children or previously looked after children (b)
2. Applicants whose child’s medical or social circumstances require attendance at Christ’s School rather than any other school (c)
The remaining places will be allocated as follows:
Category 1 Christian Foundation Places
A maximum of 60 Christian Foundation Places will be offered for Year 7.
Christian Foundation places are offered to children whose family (parents or legal guardians) can demonstrate their commitment to a church that is part of the Church of England or is a full member of one of the following bodies:
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
- Churches Together in England
- The Evangelical Alliance Affinity
- The Federation of Independent Evangelical Churches
- The Anglican Communion (worldwide)
Priority is given as follows:
3.1 Children and/or parents or legal guardians who are regular worshippers (c) in a Church of England Church and are resident in the Deanery of Richmond and Barnes, Deanery of Kingston, the Deanery of Hampton or the Deanery of Hounslow
3.2 Children and/or parents or legal guardians who are regular worshippers (c) in one of the above named bodies and are resident in one of the above named Deaneries
3.3 Children and/or parents or legal guardians who are regular worshippers (c) in a Church of England Church who live outside of the above named Deaneries
3.4 Children and/or parents or legal guardians who are regular worshippers (c) in one of the above named bodies who live outside of the above named Deaneries.
Places will be offered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria below.
Category 2 Open Places
A minimum of 90 Open Places will be offered for Year 7 in accordance with the oversubscription criteria below.
Oversubscription
For each of criterion 3 and 4, if there are more applications than places available, the Governors will give priority in the following order:
- Applicants with a sibling attending Christ’s School at the time of admission, including the Sixth Form (e)
- Applicants with a sibling who attended Christ’s School at the time of application, including the Sixth Form (f)
- Applicants with a parent employed by Christ’s School at the time of application (g)
- Children living closest to the School (h)